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Martian soil could grow turnips, Phoenix finds
New Scientist ^
| 06/26/08
| Rachel Courtland
Posted on 06/29/2008 9:46:42 AM PDT by KevinDavis
Some Martian dirt has the same basic chemistry as garden soil, a new analysis from the Phoenix lander suggests. The find widens the range of organisms that might be able to live on Mars.
Although the analysis is not yet complete, the lander has already found trace levels of nutrients like magnesium, sodium, potassium and chloride. Although these ingredients were known to exist in Martian soil, until now no one was sure whether they would be soluble in water and thus potentially available for life.
(Excerpt) Read more at space.newscientist.com ...
TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: mars; space
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MARSWARD HO!!!!
To: markman46; AntiKev; wastedyears; ALOHA RONNIE; RightWhale; anymouse; Brett66; SunkenCiv; ...
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posted on
06/29/2008 9:47:13 AM PDT
by
KevinDavis
(Who is Obama's Puppet Master???)
To: KevinDavis
The whole thin air and colder-than-hell issue might make it tough...
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posted on
06/29/2008 9:50:36 AM PDT
by
RockinRight
(I just paid $63 for gas. An icefield in Alaska is NOT the Grand Canyon. F--- the caribou.)
To: KevinDavis
Who you be tinkin’ yo’ be? Imus? Stop callin’ peeps ‘hos!
To: KevinDavis
JPL audio available for free download (mp3 audio file format) or streamed listening. The page includes teleconferences between Phoenix science investigators and reporters.
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posted on
06/29/2008 9:58:59 AM PDT
by
Mike Fieschko
(et numquam abrogatam)
To: KevinDavis
To: KevinDavis
Sweet, now we have a place to send environmentalists to.
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posted on
06/29/2008 10:00:48 AM PDT
by
wastedyears
(Obama is a Texas Post Turtle.)
To: KevinDavis
.
Phoenix Mars Lander Mission =
‘It’s the WATER’
.
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posted on
06/29/2008 10:04:02 AM PDT
by
ALOHA RONNIE
("ALOHA RONNIE" Guyer/Veteran-"WE WERE SOLDIERS" Battle of IA DRANG-1965 http://www.lzxray.com)
To: KevinDavis
If it can grow Pot, there will be a mass migration up there.
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posted on
06/29/2008 10:08:26 AM PDT
by
Oatka
(A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves." –Bertrand de Jouvenel)
To: KevinDavis
We need to find some peat bogs up there! Lots of nice stuff preserved by them. Then we could explore for coal. Transport a bunch of O2 up there and burn the coal and pretty soon we could grow trees. An Apple tree or two.
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posted on
06/29/2008 10:10:39 AM PDT
by
Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: wastedyears
Sweet, now we have a place to send environmentalists to.Yes. Send them all to a collection of green houses in Vastitas Borealis.
Then chop funding to the space program for a few years.
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posted on
06/29/2008 10:12:33 AM PDT
by
InABunkerUnderSF
("Gun Control" is not about the guns. "Illegal Immigration" is not about the immigration)
To: KevinDavis
"MARSWARD HO!"Hell yes! Per Ardua ad Astra!
To: KevinDavis
Paraphrasing Shakespeare....
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posted on
06/29/2008 10:21:40 AM PDT
by
onedoug
To: wastedyears
Because they are the only ones who will eat turnips?
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posted on
06/29/2008 10:41:22 AM PDT
by
tbw2
("Sirat: Through the Fires of Hell" by Tamara Wilhite - on amazon.com)
To: KevinDavis
MARSWARD HO!!!! 
She's not martian.
OK, so she is a bit of a hootchie.
To: RockinRight
THe thin air is a result of its lack of magnetic field and light gravity, two important things for keeping gases close to the surface, IIRC. The only way man could ever settle on the dust ball is to build shielded structures that are airtight, and of course heated.
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posted on
06/29/2008 10:47:32 AM PDT
by
aft_lizard
(One animal actually its eats its own brains to conserve energy, we call them liberals.)
To: aft_lizard
Wouldn’t there eventually be a way to build an atmosphere after a few hundred years of growing trees?
To: KevinDavis
Does anyone care that gasoline is $4.50 in Chicago? Who cares about ice or turnips on Mars. America needs $1.90/gal gas.
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posted on
06/29/2008 10:57:10 AM PDT
by
Pit1
To: martin_fierro
I love those Orion slave girls!!
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posted on
06/29/2008 11:08:31 AM PDT
by
isrul
(Help make every day, "Disrespect a muzzie day.")
To: KevinDavis
It would have to be turnips! I hate turnips!! ;~)
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